Rachel and I saw the “This American Life LIVE” performance last night (broadcast to our local movie theater) and it was great. Mike Birbiglia put together a funny little movie (it may help if you listen to public radio). There’s another showing of “LIVE” coming up next Tuesday.

Gay rights laws in America have evolved to allow — but in some cases ban — rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people on a range of issues, including marriage, hospital visitation, adoption, housing, employment and school bullying.

My online ski journal, Colorado Snow, has done some serious “growing up” these past five seasons. So, this year I decided to treat myself to a professionally designed logo by Wet Frog Studios. For posterity, here’s a quick look back at where it’s come…

According to the Facebook S-1 they earn approximately $9.61 in revenue per user per year. But, averages are deceiving. Based on anecdotal evidence, this is likely how the long tail of Facebook’s revenue ties out: the lion’s share of money comes from shared revenues of grandmas and kids accidentally buying currency and credits in Zynga games.

The folks at Automattic (who run WordPress.com) schedule an annual 5K run/walk. Not the kind where everyone shows up at the same place but one that is scheduled simultaneously around the world for everyone to participate in.